Life at The Web Kitchen

One of the many benefits of working as a web developer is that it requires very little in terms of a permanent location or equipment – all you need is a laptop and a space to rest it and you’ve got all of the tools you need. This may leave…

We’re excited to announce our move around the corner to our new studio on Great Portland Street. We are taking the first floor above one of our favourite local restaurants Iberica. We have been at Portland Place for nearly 4 years but are now bursting at the seams. The new…

Today is World Malaria Day, and this morning we made a donation of £8,550 to Malaria No More, the principal UK charity fighting to end Malaria. Last night I attended an event organised by Malaria No More to launch their campaign video on the eve of World Malaria Day: I…

Every developer has their preferred code editor and finding the one that works best for you and your requirements is paramount to a streamlined workflow. After experimenting with all the big hitters (Atom, Sublime, Coda) I decided my preferred one is Brackets. Brackets is an open source text editor that is built…

I recently came across a series of posters inspired by some of the most frustrating feedback designers across the globe have received from clients. Whilst they provided me with a good 5 minutes of amusement, I was all too aware of how familiar some of these comments were. Comments such…

A new year, and a new roundup of web design and development inspiration. Here are some sites that have impressed us recently at The Web Kitchen… The Fifth Sense – Intangible matter This is definitely an interesting concept, as they have tried to visualize the feelings and effects of certain scents….

At the start of 2016 I wrote a post about how our services would broaden into brand and digital marketing in the year ahead. We have actually gone beyond that… As well as doing more brand work than ever before, including the creation of the brand identity and logo for Giving…

Each year we do something charitable at Christmas, to make the most of the opportunity we have to improve the lives of those less fortunate. This year we are working with Work for Good – a new social enterprise – to give 5% of new project fees to charity. Many individuals…

The TWK design team have used Photoshop for all of our web design needs since the business began back in 2005. Only recently has a serious contender to its crown emerged – Sketch. The app made by Bohemian Coding is fast becoming the interface designers’ tool of choice. Here are 5 reasons…